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  1. Re:In related news on Spore Creatures Now Outnumber Known Earth Species · · Score: 1

    I see you do not grasp *why* it's $140 here, yet it's the same price in euros, canadian dollars, mexican pesos, that it was before the Dollar's price went up?

    Can we say "Dollar devaluation?" I knew we could. It is where the price of hard goods seems to go up, when infact the currency used to measure it is, infact, dropping like a stone. If you had studied the price per barrel of oil in euro, while yes it was risen, it is nowhere near as dramatic.

  2. Re:Surprised? on Cuba Getting Internet Upstream Via Venezuela · · Score: 1

    I think it's more to do with US Citizens seeing 50+ year old cars running absolutely beautifully for 20+ MPG with loads of room while their new SUV's are breaking down after five years while getting 8MPG and there's still that annoying console that prevents you from stretching your legs....

  3. Re:In related news on Spore Creatures Now Outnumber Known Earth Species · · Score: 1

    Actually, no they don't. The predictions are that ANWR will require 10-30 years of exploration before extraction can begin save for 1000 acres along the coast that have already been explored.

  4. Re:In related news on Spore Creatures Now Outnumber Known Earth Species · · Score: 1

    Have you seen the millions of miles of untapped, yet leased land given to the oil companies already?

  5. Re:New Meme on McCain Campaign Uses Spider/Diff Against Obama · · Score: 1

    Have you even read the bill? In it, there is no blanket immunity, only an immunity provision which is overseen by the courts. In short, the telecoms have to first have their cases weighed against a judge. Now, the only real difference this bill did was define the juristiction controlled, which was a major issue with the whole telecom lawsuits to begin with.

    He got oversight into a program that lacked it, that is 100% a good thing. Or do you feel that the government should have a blank cheque?

  6. Re:Who are you trying to fool? on McCain Campaign Uses Spider/Diff Against Obama · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hmm, no, that would be a Republican too.

  7. Re:TERRORISM?! on Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System · · Score: 1

    Then I see you understand the whole point of my text and did not just read the title and knee-jerk react.

  8. Welcome to Information Terrorism on Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Such a thing is incredibly easy to do, and frankly, I am shocked it does not happen more often. Truth is, most jobs, utilities, or companies operate a fine line between working, and being brought down. Imagine, if you will, a guy having his car towed due to a paperwork error, then the towing company charging him for the inconvenience. If he snapped, walked in and went all "Falling Down" on the place, who would be the victim in the situation?

    To me it looks as if the city either was wrong about the firing, or dead-on accurate on him needing to be let go, but sloppy in the execution. He would have snapped either way, they should be thankful he did not do more damage.

    This is why the boss of any company needs to be technilogically savvy, and not just rely upon his subordinates.

  9. Re:is it legal to sell it? on Best Buy Is Selling Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    You are missing something: Ubuntu trademark

    To use the trademark in a sales environment, one must get a license to said trademark from the trademark owner. Yes, you can sell it, but you cannot use the trademark without permission from the trademark owner.

    What does Canonical say about this?

  10. Re:With all due respect to the C64 on First Commodore 64 LAN Party · · Score: 1

    In all seriousness, the C64 is far more interesting than a PC is to some people simply because a single person can understand it.

    So, you want to get rid of human understanding of the machines they work on?

    I, for one, do not welcome my robot over...*ZAPZAPZAP*

  11. Re: Memes on First Commodore 64 LAN Party · · Score: 1

    Check out this.

  12. Re:What about that volcano under all that water? on North Pole Ice On Track To Melt By September? · · Score: 1

    Quite possible, but to write off other things such as the known impact of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not a wise idea either.

    In even the best-case scenario, we're still spitting junk into the air, and my mother always told me to pick up after myself.

  13. Re:higher oil prices = higher prices = higher wage on Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home · · Score: 1

    Actually, the point here is that the price of the product will be more expensive, period, but by bringing the jobs back to the US, more people will be able to afford said product as gross domestic will be grown along with the product price increase.

    So, you're looking at an increase of $20 per 100 tonnes due to fuel cost, or $20 per 100 tonnes for salary increase *and* you expand your customer base simultaneously. Seems like a win-win to me.

  14. Picture Quality on Return of the '70s Microsoft Weirdos · · Score: 1

    The first one was shot on a medium format camera, the second on a digital SLR. It's sad how in 30 years, the image quality of the photos has degraded so much. Altho the outfits have improved, so a fair tradeoff.

  15. Re:Troubling decision on SCOTUS Grants Guantanamo Prisoners Habeas Corpus · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, you've hit the crux of the matter. The only mechanisms allowing for the US to hold anyone, weither within or without the US, are the geneva conventions, or the constitution. This administration was declaring that it did not have to follow either. This decision only hammered down that there are, and continue to be, only two legal mechanisms for US forced, weither military or civilian, can hold anyone, and that is through either the geneva conventions or the constitution, and that this administration has to decide which of them will apply.

    You are right, they should not pick and choose which rules apply and don't. So, remind the president of that today, and have him either a) fully apply the geneva convention or b) fully apply the constitutional provisions for courts. If you can find me another, legal mechanism for holding them, please, inform me and the SCOTUS, as so far, none has been presented.

  16. Re:In the US no one wants to buy light cars on Efficiency? Think Racing Cars, Not Hybrids · · Score: 1

    What I wouldn't have given to film that and put it on youtube...

  17. Re:In the US no one wants to buy light cars on Efficiency? Think Racing Cars, Not Hybrids · · Score: 1

    Untrue. I used to sell cars, and one of my tests was to name the total weight of the safety features within the Hyundai Elantra. The Hyundai, while having one of the most ornate, and overdone safety systems in the world, had the total weight of the safety systems of 45lbs...

    So, please, check again. Compare the 1978 Civic to the 2008 Civic. The 2008 Civic is HUGE by comparison. Honda's been growing the size to fit our ever widening butts into the seats.

  18. Re:Watch this... on Efficiency? Think Racing Cars, Not Hybrids · · Score: 1

    Well, the smart driver could get out of his car after the accident. The other one you'd have to be cut out, which can take several hours.

  19. Re:Xbox Fiasco, Zune, Vista, Stock Price on Does Ballmer Need To Go? · · Score: 1

    He had dropped as low as 4% at one point, but Microsoft has been doing buybacks of stock, and keeping them as short-term investments on their SEC papers to boost their "cash on hand value" over the years, increasing him to 9% due to the reduced number of available stocks.

  20. Re:Cant say I didnt expect this. on Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Takeover Offer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I see why you're for McCain, as you believe that all stockholders practice the bad habits which have led to the current economic conditions (cashing-out). Truth is, Yahoo is incredibly undervalued as demonstrated by the value of it's customer information, software solutions, etc. In addition, Yahoo rolled out new products after the initial bid, showing a growing company with a dynamic development, not a company needing Microsoft. Investors worth billions, such as Buffet, do not "cash out", they invest long-term. And as a long term investor, I saw the deal for what it was, a bad idea. A merged company would have bled staff, and customers would have fled, diminishing it's core value.

    Microsoft's attempt to takeover Yahoo was a demonstration of MSFT's inability to even grasp the new paradigm of the internet, even today. MSFT has all of the tools they need to win in the market, but cannot wrap their heads around such concepts as "openness" and "sharing". They can no longer take their ball and go home, and will continue to suffer.

  21. Re:Obvious ERROR by Apple on Apple Buys a Chip Company for $278M · · Score: 1

    OSX's core kernel runs on PowerPC. Right now, Apple has to license the OS for the iPod/iPhone from a 3rd party vendor, as OSX does not run on StrongARM. Now, here's Apple with access to the necessary low-power PowerPC CPU....

    This is a move to cut overhead costs on their iPod/iPhone products I'd imagine more than anything else.

  22. Re:B-52 reverse-Stealth System on F-117A Stealth Fighter Retired · · Score: 1

    yes, they're called Quails.

    In the novel Red Storm Rising the russians used just such a tactic to overwhelm the Aegis defense grid around the USS Nimitz, using decoy bombers, cruise missiles, all to mask the true attack wave.

  23. Re:This is /. on Psystar Offers $399 "OpenMac" Computer · · Score: 1

    Correct, if they opened up a PC division for machines that ran windows, and were the only machines capable of running Windows without some form of hack or flub, cutting off ll OEM's, then yes, they would infact regain the moral high ground.

  24. Re:This is /. on Psystar Offers $399 "OpenMac" Computer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Likely, and they'll be right. Apple makes computers. Microsoft doesn't. World of difference.

  25. OpenMac website... on Psystar Offers $399 "OpenMac" Computer · · Score: 3, Funny

    I imagine it now...
    Webmaster: We just put up the site!
    Technician: Oh no, the site just went down!
    Webmaster: Did Apple slap us with a S&D letter?
    Technician: No, someone posted our link on Slashdot!